Impacto social dos investimentos em comunidades rurais: caso da Mozal, Beleluane, distrito de Boane, Província de Maputo

Abstract

With the end of the civil war in Mozambique, there was an increase in investments, with real emphasis on mega-projects. Industrial free zones were created as a way of attracting more investors and increasing the export rate and, consequently, the growth of the national economy. However, as is known, investors when spending capital aim to have their repayment in the short or medium term, hence their objective is to have financial dividends resulting from the application of their capital. However, despite this, it allowed us to see that in the case of the Mozal company, they develop social projects in the region where they set up the factory. Thus, the objectives of this study are the analysis of the social transformations carried out with the implementation of development projects in the community, seeking to see specifically what social changes have occurred with regard to 'social practices; see how the Mozal Association and the community interact; see also the degree of community participation in the projects and whether the projects respond to the wishes of all residents of the community. As a hypothesis to achieve our objectives we have the following: '' To what extent do Mozal's projects contribute to the leaders (secretary, head of the post) to reinforce and legitimize their social position and how does this influence the existence of conflicts and change of some social practices in the community? Having done the interviews, it turned out that in fact some practices were no longer practiced in essence, on the one hand due to the arrival of people from other regions who do not respect local customs and on the other because of the conflicts between the administrative authority and the traditional, as it stands out first due to its role as intermediaries between Mozal and the community; and in fact this causes them to reinforce and legitimize their social position in the midst of the community. Regarding participation, it was found, according to the definition given in the text, that the community does not participate in the development and implementation of development projects, being only informed of what is going to be done or implemented.